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Autor	attributed to Owen Staples (1866–1949), based on the engraving published by Benson John Lossing[1]
Descripción	English: A painting of Shawnee chief Tecumseh, in water colors on platinum print, based on Lossing's 1868 engraving.[1] Deutsch: Version in Aquarell auf Platindruck von Benson John Lossings Holzschnitt des Shawnee-Häuptlings Tecumseh, nach Vorlage(n) des Händlers Pierre Le Dru (und eines unbekannten Zeichners). Einzelheiten zu Quellen und Authentizität von Lossings Werk finden sich in dessen Beschreibung auf Commons.
Fecha	1915[1]
Técnica	Platinum print with watercolor
Dimensiones	altura: 215 mm; ancho: 176 mm dimensions QS:P2048,215U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,176U174789
Colección	Biblioteca Pública de Toronto    Nombre local Toronto Public Library Ubicación Toronto, Ontario, Canada Coordenadas 43° 40′ 18,12″ N, 79° 23′ 13,2″ O   Fundación 1884 Sitio web www.torontopubliclibrary.ca Control de autoridades : Q2901516 VIAF: 139203769 ISNI: 0000000106655110 LCCN: n82220766 SUDOC: 028325710 NKC: ko2016926051 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q2901516
Número de inventario	JRR 3358 Cab
Historial de la pieza	Harper & Brothers, Le Dru, Pierre, fl. 1808 photograph after Owen Staples
Adquisición	Gift of J. Ross Robertson
Inscripciones	Below: TECHUMTHA
Fuente/fotógrafo	https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-JRR3358&R=DC-JRR3358
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Otras versiones	Lossing's original (1868) Jacques Reich after Lossing (1889) 1901 illustration with the British uniform removed from The Battle of Tippecanoe (1911)

Authenticy

According to Tecumseh biographer John Sugden, "No fully authenticated portrait of the Shawnee leader exists."^[2] In 1868, Benson John Lossing published his Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, which included a portrait of Tecumseh. Until that time, no portrait of Tecumseh was known to exist. Lossing said he had discovered pencil sketches of Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa in 1848, which were then in the possession of the son of Pierre Le Dru, a French trader. Le Dru was said to have made the sketches in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1808.^[3]

Lossing altered the original sketch of Tecumseh by keeping the head as depicted by Le Dru, but adding a medal and the uniform of a brigadier general of the British Army. Lossing said that he seen a drawing of Tecumseh dressed that way in 1858. This drawing, he explained, had been made at Fort Malden in 1812 after the surrender of Detroit when Tecumseh was in "full dress" to celebrate the capture of Detroit.^[3] Lossing's depiction of Tecumseh in a British uniform was based on the erroneous belief that Tecumseh had been a British general, although he did possess a uniform coat that he sometimes wore.^[2]

Sudgen noted that Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa were never in Vincennes at the same time, so Le Dru might have mistaken one of Tenskwatawa's companions for Tecumseh, which means the only image we have of Tecumseh might not be authentic. Nevertheless, writes Sugden, "Lossing's portrait is the nearest we have to an authentic representation."^[4]

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